This paper aims to extend the game theoretical model presented In The Wartime
President: Executive Influence and Nationalizing Politics of Threat. According to
the model, war increases the prioritization of national outcomes relative to local
outcomes. In effect, legislators compile voting records that more closely reflect the
ideology of the president. As a component of this argument, the Policy Priority
Model argues that legislators should be responsive to shifts in local issue saliency
as well. This paper identifies and analyzes two such cases. However, no evidence
in support of the PPM is elicited. As a result, the validity of the model is called
into question.